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A very pretty pale species, said to be scented of lemon but I haven't noticed it. I bought it as a dry rhizome in a garden centre and potted it uo to get it growing.
It was planted under the trees at the top of the garden and is still there, though it is not vigorous. Writing in the Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society, Chris Brickell says: "One of the more readily available and amenable species, T. luteum is found wild in open woodland and deciduous forests in the SE United States, usually growing in deep, rich, often calcareous soils. The mid-green, brodly ovate, slightly overlapping leaves are patterned greyish-silver and surround the solitary, sessile, lemon-scented flower which varies from bright greenish-yellow to mid-yellow. Seldom more than 15cm tall, it requires a humus-rich, moisture-retentive soil that does not readily dry out." Case and Case say: "Trillium luteum enjoys great popularity with wildflower lovers and horticulturists, who frequently cultivate the plant. At the present time most plants offered by nurseries are collected from the wild, a bad conservation practice. Under garden conditions, at least in Michigan, plants that in the wild had produced good clear pale yellow blooms tend, in most or all seasons, to produce lime-green or greenish petals with very little of the yellow coloring apparent." |
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| 6th May 2007 | ||
